In this second edition of 2015, we give you a brief update on one of the most important dates on the ARASA calendar, the Annual Partnership Forum (APF), which was hosted in April 2015. We also introduce you to this year’s ARASA HIV, TB and Human Rights Award winner.

Constitutional and Human Rights Division Judge Justice Mumbi Ngugi has ordered that the Cabinet Secretary in Charge of the Ministry of Health, file a written response, to Petition 329 of 2014 within seven days. This was during the hearing of a case, which was filed on 13 August, 2010 challenging the arrest and detainment of TB Patients in a prison.

International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) coordinated a review of access to Routine Viral Load (RVL) Testing across 12 African countries. The results suggest limited availability of RVL and low levels of awareness of the value of RVL amongst people living with HIV and service providers.

In order to advance the inter-faith dialogue agenda, ARASA, SAfAIDS and MANERELA+ are jointly hosting a regional dialogue focusing on role of religious leaders in addressing human rights barriers to accessing HIV and TB services on 01 and 02 July 2015 in Johannesburg.

Denying Access to Early/Immediate ART Violates Rights, Opens States and International Organizations to Challenge
A new analysis in the Health & Human Rights Journal by researchers, activists, and clinicians based in the U.S., Southern Africa, and Europe details the new medical evidence that access to antiretrovirals early in the course of HIV clearly improves the health of people living with HIV and enables them to prevent HIV transmission.

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